Photos: Kosovo celebrates 5 years of independence from Serbia

Kosovo marked five years since it seceded from Serbia on Sunday, February 17, 2013 with flag-filled streets, a military parade and growing signs of progress. Majority-Albanian Kosovo declared independence in 2008 with the backing of the Western powers which waged a NATO air war in 1999 to wrest control of the territory from former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Serbia rejects Kosovo's independence.